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SUBMITTER: Duncan ID
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5692595 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Duncan Ian D ID Marik Rachel L RL Broman Aimee T AT Heidari Moones M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20171024 45
The presence of thin myelin sheaths in the adult CNS is recognized as a marker of remyelination, although the reason there is not a recovery from demyelination to normal myelin sheath thickness remains unknown. Remyelination is the default pathway after myelin loss in all mammalian species, in both naturally occurring and experimental disease. However, there remains uncertainty about whether these thin sheaths thicken with time and whether they remain viable for extended periods. We provide two ...[more]